Said jacoby



(No Model.)

A. STRAUS 85 M. B. JACOBY.

CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

No. 405,919. Patented June 25, 1889.

n id W: Ti C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON STRAITS AND MAX B. JACOBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; SAID JACOBY ASSIGNOR TO SAID STRAUS CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,919, dated June 25, 1889.

Application filed November 2, 1888. Serial No. 289,805. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ration is preferably made in the form of a slot Be it known that we, AARON STRAUS and 6 at the rear end of the rocker and a mere MAX B. JACOBY, both of the city of St. Louis, round perforation or hole at the front end; in the State of Missouri, have invented a cerbut, if desired, the perforations at the front 5 tain new and useful Improvement in Chair end may also be in the form of a slot, as shown 55 Attachments, of which the following is a full, by dotted lines in Fig. I. The object of makclear, and exact description, reference being ing the slot or slots is to permit of an adjusthad to the accompanying drawings, forming ment of the clips to or from each other, so

part of this specification, and in which that they may be shifted to suit the legs of Figure I is a perspective view illustrative different chairs which are not of equal dis- 60 of our invention and showing part of a chair tanccs apart. with a rocker attached. Fig. II is a perspec- Our preferred manner of securing the clips tive view of one of the rockers and its clips. to the rockers is to form projections 8 on the Fig. III is a detail view showing part of one clips, (see Fig. V,) which enter the slots or per- 1 5 of the legs of the chair, part of the rocker,and forations 6, these projections being hollow to 65 the clip, the latter being in section taken 011 receive the screws 5, between the heads of line III III, Fig. V. Fig. IV is a vertical secwhich and the rockers washers 9 are placed. tion of the clip, taken on line IV IV, Fig. VI. Instead, however, of using the projections 8, Fig. V is a vertical section taken on line V they may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig.

V, Fig. IV. Fig. V1 is a transverse section VI, and the screws pass through the slots 6 of 70 showing a modified means of securing the the rockers into the body of the clips. clips to the rockers. The clips are made of two parts, each con- Our invention relates to an attachment for nected together by set-screws 10 and guidesecuring rockers to ordinary chairs, the invenpins 11. Each clip has a socket 12 to receive tion being of such a nature that any ordinary the legs of the chair, and by tightening on the 7 5 rocker may be secured to any ordinary chair screws 10 (after the legs are inserted in the by any unskilled person, as all that is necesclips) it will be seen that the two parts of the sary to be done is to cut holes or slots in the clip will be moved toward each other, and rockers to receive a connecting screw or pin. thus clamp the leg of the chair. The pin 11 50 We are aware that it is not broadly new to forms a guide for the clip on the opposite side 80 attach rockers to ordinary chairs,but in most, to the set-screw 10, and is simply cast on or seif not all, instances the rockers are especially cured to one part of the clip and enters ahole formed for that purpose, whereas with our or socket in the other part. The bottom of invention any common form of rocker maybe each part of the clip has preferably a flange attached .to the chair, and that also without or extension 13, that forms a bottom to the 85 materially changing the elevation of the chair. socket of that part of the clip, and upon these Our invention consists in features of novflanges the ends of the legs 2 rest. elty hereinafter fully described, and pointed YVith our improved attachment it will be out in the claims. observed that the elevation of the chair is not Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the changed materially, and that any ordinary 0 seat of a chair of any ordinary construction, rocker may be attached to any ordinary chair and 2 the legs. But part of the seat and but by simply perforating it to receive connecttwo of the legs are shown. ing bolts or screws 5.

3 represents a rocker of any usual or com- IVe claim as our invention mon shape, and l represents clips securing 1. In an attachment for chairs, the combi- 5 the rocker to the legs of the chair. nation of the clips, consisting of two parts The only thing necessary to be done to form each fixed to one side of each rocker, conthe connection between the rocker and legs is necting bolts or screws for securing the clips to perforate the rocker to receive a connectto the rockers, one part of each clip being ing bolt or screw 5 of each clip. The perfosubstantially fixed and the other part adjust- IO I part received by sockets in the same side of [o the other part, and screws 5, for connecting the clips to the rockers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

AARON STRAUS.

MAX B. JAOOBY.

In presence 0f- A BENJN. A. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT. 

